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27 Jun 2021, 09:29 (Ref:4058385) | #1 | ||
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Mr Ricciardo is massively underwhelming in his papaya orange McLaren this season. Qualifying is not his friend, nor is race pace against his teammate Is it car? Is it driver? Is the dream still alive? Would Mr Ricciardo have been better at McLaren had they kept the Renault engine... I genuinely hope this isnt the beginning of the end... but it doesnt look promising so far.... |
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Your perception is the issue.
Head to head, Norris has been given two freebies so far (Imola and France), But this is never acknowledged on any forum. Hence, your OP. |
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His perception is not the issue. It's as obvious as the nose on your face. There was an expectation from many that Danny Ric would render Lando a clear #2 in the team, but he is significantly underperforming. There must be a reason for that, we know he's good.
So, is it car or driver? |
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Right now, I think its more the driver. He doesnt seem like the fun guy anymore. 1 or 2 good results and he's back hopefully.
Very anecdotal on my part, but a few sports i follow have seen athletes struggle over the past 18 months. Of course this happens every season but surely lack of crowds, covid protocols, difficulties in getting home has a bigger impact on certain personality types. But thats just my perception. |
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Can you imagine if GTR was the team manager at McLaren? That sort of concern or doubt would creep into the rest of the team, including Ricciardo, and would exacerbate whatever weakness there is unnecessarily. A good team manager would recognise that it's not easy and just let Ricciardo work through it. At the moment Norris is on good form, so let him have as many cracks of the whip as possible. Completley alarmist. |
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If it was just "time" (he needs to get comfortable, etc.) then it is just a matter of time. And hopefully that will be quick. If it is something else such as chemistry. Then that is unlikely to fix itself on it's own.
So chemistry is the issue. Chemistry between what? Driver and team? Driver and car? Something else? What is the solution that will allow him to perform to expectations? Richard |
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the problem is that DRic has to work through it on his own because he is the driver which logically means it has nothing to do with the driver! it also has nothing to do with the car and certainly the 'car' cannot ever be taken as a synonym for the word 'team' so therefore it also has nothing to do with the car. who this manager then is remains a mystery of course but so far i know its not GTRMagic and after your post now i know its also not you! i highlighted certain portions of my own post to highlight my awesome communication skills! you're welcome! |
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Regardless of what is the cause and what level of support he may be receiving to move forward. His lack of form is noteworthy. Richard |
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maybe manager was not quite the correct position to suggest but who does Mclaren use for driver coaching/mentoring? do they have a former driver working in this capacity? |
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This reminds me of an unrelated story. I have a book series I enjoy that is available as audio book only on Amazon/Audible. The author has commented on why he likes to self publish. And one (of many) reasons was that he wouldn't have an editor telling him to make changes, make the book shorter, etc. I can appreciate that. And while his books are good. They frankly would probably be much better if he did have an editor! His stories need to be trimmed down. He writes as if he is paid by the word. The problem is, he is successful enough at the moment that he can just keep doing what he is doing even if people groan and complain about the length of the books. Anyhow, my point is that if you are a successful driver, hopefully you have some humble bone in your body that recognizes that sometimes you are not right and that you need to listen to someone else. If you are provided with a support system, then use it (not saying Ricciardo is not as I have zero clue). Given the ultimate confidence that F1 drivers must have in themselves, that is a tough thing to ask of them. Richard |
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A more positive assessment of Ricciardo's situation:
'Missed in Daniel Ricciardo’s French Grand Prix drive was the most clear sign yet that he has finally found his feet at McLaren. The Aussie drove at his aggressive best after starting 10th on the grid to finish sixth, giving McLaren a successful day the office with Lando Norris finishing fifth. On the surface, it is easy for Formula 1 pundits to chalk Monday morning’s race up as another day when Norris bested his teammate.' There is quite a lot of reasoning our there discussing his recent performances. Currently, I think it is too early to tell definitively. He has admitted himself that - 'starting to get a bit more comfortable in the car, a bit of confidence in racing situations', having previously said that he is in a quirky car that must be driven on a “knife’s edge” to extract its full potential. As he beings to adjust, I think he will be back challenging for more representative results. |
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Well like, that's just your perception, man
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So beside snickering at the "perception" comment. I will try to answer this seriously.
I do think it is interesting to look at the four driver who are not... Rookies or are re-entering F1 after a break (remove Alonso, Tsunodo, both Haas drivers) and look to see how well.. 1. The came up to speed in their new car/team 2. How they have been fairing against their teammate. As I wanted to do something quick and to not delve deeply into per race "why", I am ignoring situations in which one driver or the other either DNF or DNS and I am only looking at finishing position. Perez (Aston Martin to Red Bull) vs. Verstappen Avg Delta: 3.86 positions (advantage Verstappen) STD of per race delta: 2.79 If you were to exclude his second race, his numbers would be much better. Overall, while Max is beating him, Perez has gotten up to speed pretty quickly. Perez decision seems to have been the right thing for RBR. Sainz (MeLaren to Ferrari) vs. Leclerc Avg Delta: 1.38 positions (advantage Leclerc) STD of per race delta: 3.40 Sainz is generally up to speed pretty quickly at Ferrari. Great decision for Ferrari. Vettel (Ferrari to Aston Martin) vs. Stroll Avg Delta: 2 positions (advantage Stroll) STD of per race delta: 3.42 Signs that Vettel is getting his feet under himself, but a VERY slow start for him at the team. Stroll seems to be no slouch. Need more time to see who will get the upper hand Ricciardo (Renault to McLaren) vs. Norris Avg Delta: 3.75 positions (advantage Norris) STD of per race delta: 3.54 I think many eyes were on McLaren to see what the relative performance of these two would be. Starts/Podiums/Win stats for each are... Norris: 46/3/0 Ricciardo: 196/31/7 While you can argue that Vettel is in the twilight of his F1 career, I think expectations for Ricciardo vs Norris was high. On paper, Ricciardo has it all over Norris. But Ricciardo has generated a few head scratching results. He clearly is in some type of funk. My guess it's a combo of the car not fitting his style and Norris' early results has gotten into his head. Plus, Given Norris is still new and seem to be pretty good. You would expect him to improve. So Norris is probably the real deal as well. All four drivers here who switched teams have had to adjust. Some better than. To me (my perception!) is that Ricciardo and Vettel have struggled the most. For Ricciardo its particularly damning that the car is clearly quick and he is up against a less experienced driver. My analysis is VERY quick, dirty and no doubt has some holes in it, but I see some correlation between this and Schummy's deeper analysis https://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=156268 Richard |
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What is a bad sign is the consistency of his gap behind Lando and a couple of moments in races that have been just embarrassing.
For the first several races he was around half a second behind Lando in nearly every session.That gap seems to be down to 0.3 now but is nearly always there. In the races being lapped by Lando at Monaco was bad but nearly equally Styria today where Lando came out after his stop still ahead of Dan who hadn’t stopped. Is there a performance clause in his contract?Doubt it but if things don’t change by the end of the year they might look for a way to move him out. |
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As I wrote in another thread he’s been very inconsistent for several seasons now, and I thought was lucky to get the McLaren drive. He needs to improve soon or his F1 career will peter out. I can see them swapping him with O’Ward.
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It's actually impressive that every sentence here is wrong
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I knew the Aussies would be along to defend him.
If you were more impartial you would see the faults. He is a lovely guy and can be very fast, but is so inconsistent, which drives the engineers bananas. This has only been getting worse in recent seasons and will cost him his drive unless he can reverse the trend. |
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and heeeeeeeeeeeere we go. I had no flag on my Ten-tenths name my post would have not changed. I'd suspect yours would have. Now instead of seeing some silly little flag-shaped box with some colours and casting a character evaluation you had bothered to check my posting history over my 18yrs on this forum; you'd see I actually have no allegiance to any particular driver over the other and I'm a lover of the sport. Dan's not having a good season thus far. But sure, McLaren are going to throw away millions in ripping up his contract to sign a guy that's done a couple of okay races in *checks notes* America. Righto champ Your last two posts have been way off the mark. |
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Or last season. Or the season before. Or the season before that. |
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Wanna speak facts? Let's speak facts. 2020 season. Daniel Ricciardo - 5th in the wdc driving a car that was 5th in the wcc. (look up how often that happens in F1 history?) Lando Norris - 9th in the wdc in a car that was 3rd in the wcc. 3 places behind his teammate, and 4 behind Ricciardo. |
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